schools – A New Vision for Mental Health

Jordan Peterson ~ The Reason We Have So Many People With ADHD/ADD

Author: Editorial 13th November 2023 0 Comments

A four minute video:

a coherent system

ADHD, Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, children and adolescents, Education, Jordan Peterson, schools, videos

5 reasons why recognising your emotions is important

Author: Editorial 14th October 2019 0 Comments

Via BBC Teach , child mental health expert, Shahana Knight, shares her insight into why it’s important for both children and adults to understand and recognise their emotions. She begins by saying: “Recognising your emotions and learning to manage them is one…
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emotion-focused care

BBC, BBC Teach, children, emotional health, emotions, mindfulness, national curriculum, schoolchildren, schools, Shahana Knight, young adults

As a teenager, I believe our mental health is harmed by this dehumanising education system

Author: Editorial 4th September 2019 0 Comments

Writing in The Independent , Romy McCarthy says: “On GCSE results day this week, I couldn’t help but cast my mind back to the daunting day last year as I walked through the school gates with my parents, trying my best to…
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children and adolescents, Education, exams, GCSE results, Romy McCarthy, schoolchildren, schools, The Independent

Critical New Perspectives on ADHD

Author: Editorial 26th April 2019 0 Comments

This book has been edited by Gwynedd Lloyd, Joan Stead and David Cohen. The publishers say : “Experts from all over the world take a critical, highly international and often controversial perspective on the ADHD phenomenon – a condition that has…
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ADHD, Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, books, children and adolescents, Culture & Society, David Cohen, Education, Gwynedd Lloyd, Joan Stead, schools

The gap year for social, emotional and vocational learning in Irish secondary education

Author: Editorial 16th November 2018 0 Comments

Aidan Clerkin, from the Educational Research Centre (Dublin, Ireland), writes : “The Irish education system includes a quasi-gap year, known as transition year (TY), midway through secondary school. Students may choose to complete six years of secondary education (including TY as the…
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Aidan Clerkin, Education, Educational Research Centre, emotional learning, gap year, Ireland, schools, social learning

Drum Lessons Can Help Autistic Kids In School

Author: Editorial 12th October 2018 0 Comments

Janice Wood, writing on the PsychCentral website , reports that: “Playing the drums for an hour a week can help autistic children learn in school, according to a new study. The study, from researchers at the University of Chichester and University Centre Hartpury in England,…
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autism, drumming, Janice Wood, Milestone School, music, schools, University Centre Hartpury, University of Chichester

An Educator’s Guide to Mental Health and Wellbeing in School

Author: Editorial 8th October 2018 0 Comments

The publishers of this book say : “A brilliant and practical collection of essays by educators, psychologists and counsellors, highlighting the critical importance of mental health and wellbeing of students in our schools. The book has been collated and edited by…
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books, children and adolescents, Education, James Hollinsley, schoolchildren, schools, wellbeing

‘Transform school culture to boost mental health’

Author: Editorial 5th September 2018 0 Comments

Writing in the Times Educational Supplement , Natasha Devon says: “Last week, Damian Hinds announced that there would be mandatory mental health education in all primary and secondary schools across England from 2020. The education secretary’s proposal states that children should be taught how to be more…
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academic anxiety, anxiety, Education, Natasha Devon, resilience, school curriculum, schoolchildren, schools, Times Education Supplement

Bad Education

Author: Editorial 29th August 2018 2 Comments

Half of mental illness in adult life starts before the age of 15 … and three-quarters by age 18. [i] Meanwhile, the children and young people of today face heightened pressures and stresses … witness a big uptick in the numbers…
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children and adolescents, Education, interpersonal and intrapersonal understandings and skills, national curriculum, Opinion, primary schools, Richard Oldfield, schoolchildren, schools

Schools ‘should help children with social media risk’

Author: Editorial 27th June 2018 0 Comments

The BBC reports (January 2018) on a study from England’s children’s commissioner: “Schools should play a bigger role in preparing children for social media’s emotional demands as they move from primary to secondary school, England’s children’s commissioner says. Anne Longfield said she…
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Anne Longfield, BBC, children, primary schools, schoolchildren, schools, social media